Book Quote by A. N. Wilson

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.

— A. N. Wilson

I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did one on…

— Paul Johnson

I like to get ten pages a day, which amounts to 2,000 words. That’s 180,000 words over a three-month span, a goodish length for…

— Stephen King

I write four or five a books a year. That means that I usually have one on the go. I am fortunate in being…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story.…

— Eric Brown

I have written 30,000 words in a month - think of it - 30,000! I hope I am putting the right number of naughts:…

— George A. Moore

I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't…

— Carolyn See

On a normal novel, I would like to get 2,000 to 2,500 words done in a day; I average 10,000 words a week, and…

— Sarah Pinborough

I write at a pace that suits me, and sometimes it's two books a year, but most often it's one.

— Michael Connelly

I don't have many hours in a day, as I'm essentially a single parent. But fortunately, I'm a really fast writer. My goal is…

— Michelle Gagnon

I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.

— Svetlana Alexievich

I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I sit down…

— Nicholas Sparks